itis

See also: -itis and -ītis

English

Etymology

From suffix -itis (“disease characterized by inflammation”). Compare phobia, from -phobia, sophy, from -sophy, ism, from -ism, and ana, from -ana.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈaɪtɪs/

Noun

itis (plural itises)

(informal) A medical condition accompanied by inflammation.
- 1973, April 16, “Scorecard”, Robert W. Creamer ed., in Sports Illustrated
  “. . . Arthritis, tendinitis and all those other itises will eventually catch up with you.”
(informal, Caribbean) The feeling of sleepiness after eating a heavy meal, usually the itis.

References

“itis”, in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present.

Anagrams

IIST, IITs, SITI, is it

Latin

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈiː.tis/, [ˈiːt̪ɪs̠]

(Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈi.tis/, [ˈiːt̪is]

Verb

ītis

second-person plural present active indicative of eō

References

“itis”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press

Old High German

Alternative forms

idis

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *dīsiz (“goddess”) Cognate to Old English ides, Old Saxon idis, Old Norse dís.

Noun

itis f

woman
- 9th century, First Merseburg charm:
  Eiris sazun idisi / sazun hera duoder;
  suma hapt heptidun / suma heri lezidun,
  suma clubodun / umbi cuoniouuidi:
  insprinc haptbandun / inuar uigandun.
  Once sat women,
  They sat here, then there.
  Some fastened bonds,
  Some impeded an army,
  Some unraveled fetters:
  Escape the bonds,
  flee the enemy!

Usage notes

The term's context in the Merseburg charm and its cognates suggest that the term may initially have had magical and/or poetic connotations.

Declension

Declension of itis (feminine i-stem)

case	singular	plural
nominative	itis	itisi
accusative	itis	itisi
genitive	itisi	itiso
dative	itisi	itisim, itisen

Derived terms

Itis (given name)

References

Köbler, Gerhard, Althochdeutsches Wörterbuch, (6. Auflage) 2014